The American Civil War — Important Questions

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Step 1: Public opinion against slavery grew stronger over the years in America. Step 2: In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a novel called Uncle Tom's Cabin. Step 3: This book showed the harsh and ugly realities of slavery to ordinary people. Step 4: It made many people who had not thought deeply about slavery understand how cruel it was, intensifying anti-slavery feelings. Step 5: The other novels listed are not related to the anti-slavery movement in America.

1863

Step 1: During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln took a major step to end slavery. Step 2: In January 1863, Lincoln issued the Proclamation of Emancipation. Step 3: This proclamation abolished slavery in the Southern states and declared it illegal. Step 4: Because of this action, Lincoln came to be known as the 'Great Emancipator'. Step 5: The year 1861 was when the war started, 1865 was when the war ended, and 1860 was Lincoln's election year — none of these are when the proclamation was issued.

Appomattox

Step 1: After four long years of fighting, the Civil War came to an end in 1865. Step 2: The Confederate Army's Commander-in-Chief, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to Union Commander Ulysses S. Grant. Step 3: This surrender took place at Appomattox Court House. Step 4: Gettysburg was a famous battle during the war, but not where the war ended. Step 5: Fort Sumter was where the first shots of the war were fired, not where it ended.

Robert E. Lee

Step 1: At the end of the Civil War, the Confederate Army was defeated. Step 2: Robert E. Lee was the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate (Southern) Army. Step 3: He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, who was the Union (Northern) Army's commander. Step 4: Jefferson Davis was the Confederate President, not the military commander. Step 5: John Wilkes Booth was the person who later assassinated Lincoln, not a military commander.